The Pennsylvania State Education Association sued to keep the state Office of Open Records from ordering the release of the addresses under the state’s Right-to-Know Law, arguing that doing so would put educators’ safety at risk. The Commonwealth Court ruled in the case late last month that the union did not have the right to sue the agency, and instead would have to sue school districts to pursue the matter.
Union spokeswoman Barb Brady said the union was disappointed by the ruling and was studying its options. The state’s Right-to-Know Law already bars access to the home addresses of judges, law enforcement officers, and juveniles. The union had asked the court to declare educators’ addresses exempt, as well.
The U.S. Supreme Court as seen on Dec. 17, 2024. The court will hear arguments on April 28 in a case about the legal standard for discrimination for two federal disability-rights laws and how they play out in schools.
Sarah Hinger (center), deputy director of the ACLU racial justice program, takes questions from reporters after oral arguments in a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire seeking to block the Trump administration from requiring public schools to end DEI programs on April 17, 2025. Two federal judges on Thursday issued orders limiting the Trump administration's ability to enforce its anti-DEI directives to schools and colleges.
Jeff Roman, a parent who has religious concerns about LGBTQ+ storybooks used in the Montgomery County, Md., school district, works on homework with his son.
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